How to choose the location for CASO device and media data
During the installation of the Managed Media Server feature, you are prompted to keep the managed media server’s device and media data either on the central administration server or in a database on the managed media server.
The following table compares how CASO tasks are performed depending on the location of the managed media server’s device and media data:
Table: Comparison of CASO tasks
Task
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Device and media data on the central administration server
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Device and media data on the managed media server
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Delegate jobs from the central administration server to the managed media server
See About job delegation in CASO.
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Yes
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No
Instead, you can create jobs on the central administration server, and then copy them to the managed media server.
See About copying jobs instead of delegating jobs in CASO.
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Manage storage devices and media on the managed media server from the central administration server
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Yes
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No
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Hold, delete, run, cancel, and change the priority of copied jobs from the central administration server if the option to monitor jobs is enabled on the managed media server
See About configuring CASO.
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Yes
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Yes
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Monitor jobs that are created on the local managed media server if the option to monitor jobs is enabled on the managed media server
See About configuring CASO.
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Yes
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Yes
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Send job status updates, job logs, and job histories to the central administration server if the option to monitor jobs is enabled on the managed media server
See About configuring CASO.
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Yes
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Yes
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Centralize, distribute, or replicate the catalog
See Changing the CASO catalog location.
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Yes
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No
Only a distributed catalog location can be selected.
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Run centralized restore
See How centralized restore works in CASO.
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Yes
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No
You can browse the backup sets and run restore operations for the managed media server from the central administration server.
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Note:
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In a CASO environment, you can add an NDMP Server only to a central administration server or a managed media server on which the device and media database is located.
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How to choose the location for CASO device and media data